Sentences with phrase «think getting an epidural»

Here are my top 3 reasons I think getting an epidural might be the right thing to do...

I personally don't think getting an epidural is anything to be ashamed of.

Not exact matches

If I get an epidural, they'll think I'm weak.

I'm certainly not saying that epidurals don't have their place or that nobody should have one, but I think one should educate one's self before taking on the risks that are involved in receiving one and not get it just because that's what «everybody» does.

It was a difficult decision to make but after giving it a lot of thought, I decided to get an epidural and let Kate break my water.

I will admit now that there was a moment during my labour that I thought «Ok, I understand why people get epidurals, but I want to do this on my own» — and I did.

Perhaps I did not think too much into the actual birth part, but I was under the impression that an epidural would get rid of the pain.

No doubt, you've got a friend or sister who's all about one particular brand of childbirth or maybe you're thinking an epidural starting about now is a good plan.

Its comforting to know im not the only one, I was set to be induced with my fifth child on jan 1, went to hospital at 5 am, put on pittosin at 6, dialed slowly, and had painful contractions, Dr broke my water at 11, contractions even more painful, got the epidural at 12, labor did not progress, was dialated 3 cm all day, @ 8 pm,, Dr took me off pittosin for an hour to see if I would progress if we started over again, at 9 they hooked me up again, all night and just progressed to a 4, that next morning, still nothing, finally Dr said we need to do a c section, since my water was broken earlier the previous day, he was worried about infection, finally went to operating rm, it was so cold, I was shaking and crying, I was so scared, btw my previous 4 children were vaginal births, I felt so guilty, thinking it was my fault my labor did nt progress.Finally I had her, when the Dr held her up for me to see, I started bawling, she was perfect, it was very emotional, she weighed 6 lb 4oz and 18in, Im very proud of her, and myself

While transitioning an hour into labor I did sign to get an epidural because I thought with first baby this labor was going to last 12 hours and I couldn't take the pain for that long.

Never had such thoughts the first time around (got induced and had an epidural).